Given Alys's feelings on the gods and how important her decks were to her, Tal could almost guess at the thoughts that were probably going through her head at his suggestion. He was fighting not to grin to himself as he cleared the table, wondering what she'd do.
As he gave the table a final swipe he stopped fighting and let the grin shine through at her words. "I mean, we can always try. Who would y'want to pray to for it?" He didn't even notice that somewhere along the line 'you' had become 'we' but Boreal gave a quiet chortle from where she was gently playing with Sascha.
Folding the rag carefully and setting it by the sink for later, Tal returned to his chair and leaned forward to examine the decks. They were different than the ones she'd shown him before, and he took a minute to admire the artwork on each. "Say, did y'draw these, too?" he asked, genuinely impressed. "They're great!"
Not that there had been any question about which deck he would choose, of course. Even if he was asking about something as seemingly light and bright as romance, his hand was drawn like a lodestone to the moody deck, and he tapped it twice with his finger, unhesitating. "This one."
As he gave the table a final swipe he stopped fighting and let the grin shine through at her words. "I mean, we can always try. Who would y'want to pray to for it?" He didn't even notice that somewhere along the line 'you' had become 'we' but Boreal gave a quiet chortle from where she was gently playing with Sascha.
Folding the rag carefully and setting it by the sink for later, Tal returned to his chair and leaned forward to examine the decks. They were different than the ones she'd shown him before, and he took a minute to admire the artwork on each. "Say, did y'draw these, too?" he asked, genuinely impressed. "They're great!"
Not that there had been any question about which deck he would choose, of course. Even if he was asking about something as seemingly light and bright as romance, his hand was drawn like a lodestone to the moody deck, and he tapped it twice with his finger, unhesitating. "This one."
